German law enforcement has searched seven homes and buildings for illegal weapons after uncovering a group of right-wing extremists in several regions in the north and west of the country, media reported

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte signed an anti-terrorism bill into law on Friday, a state-run news agency said, despite concerns that it would be used to persecute minorities and gag rights activists

The Dutch court conducting the MH17 case trial has declined the defense's request for questioning the investigator who probed the death of Ukrainian pilot Vladyslav Voloshin, Presiding Judge Hendrik Steenhuis said on Friday

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has extended the deployment of 20,000 servicepeople to facilitate COVID-19 response across the country until late September, the parliament said on Friday

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday that he wanted a higher percentage of black people to serve on the country's police force and more "success stories" of young black people to help rectify racial injustice

Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has briefed US, French, German, Russian and Japanese envoys on the situation at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China in the Ladakh region, and on India's effort toward "peaceful resolution," sources in the Indian Ministry of External Affairs told Sputnik on Friday

Two police officers were killed and five others wounded in a roadside bomb blast in Afghanistan's northern province of Baghlan, TOLOnews broadcaster reported on Friday, citing a security source